Attitudes and beliefs about dreams vary across cultures—some see them as communications with another reality, others as insignificant subjective phenomena. Dreams as individual experiences range from
Alexander Pantages was 11 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880s, having contracted malaria in Panama. Unable to read or write English, by 1902 he had opened his first motion picture theater in Seat
In sharp contrast to many 1960s science fiction films, which presented an idealized view of space exploration, Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) terrified audiences, depicting a harrowing and ultimately doo
Frank and Anne Hummert brought at least 125 separate series to the airwaves. The production dynasty over which they presided extended far beyond the serialized melodrama that became their trademark. T
"This memoir recounts the author's adventures while competing in the Around the World in 80 Days Motor Challenge from May to July 2000. Beginning with his search for a sponsor, it follows him from his
Women currently coach nearly 65% of the women's basketball teams in all divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. This analysis of the role of women coaches in college basketball prov
The Second Massachusetts Cavalry included the only organized group (5 companies totaling 504 men) from California to fight in the east during the Civil War. Led by a young Boston aristocrat, Colonel C
Twenty-four Dutch and Dutch-Indonesian individuals, the children of plantation operators, urban businessmen, and government personnel in Dutch-colonized Indonesia, recount their personal experiences o
Recent years have found much of Africa to be a land of turmoil and revolution. Distress in the Sudan and countries such as Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia have made Africa the site of a
In 1949 Mao Tse-tung first sent his People's Liberation Army into the eastern Tibetan province of Amdo; he followed with an invasion of the province of Kham in 1950. Ill-prepared, disorganized and bad
On August 14, 1942, Chief of Staff George C. Marshall appointed General Dwight D. Eisenhower Commander of the European theater of operations for North Africa. Eisenhower had no prior training or exper
Sanger, a film, theatre, and television producer and director, media advisor, and entertainment financial consultant who produced The Elephant Man, relates the story of how the 1980 film was made a
Compares film characterizations of western gunslingers and lawmen with their real lives. For each figure discussed, a biography is followed by a catalog of films that includes descriptions, selections
Responding to the 11 September attack on the US, New draws on his background in religious studies to explore Christian and Jewish terrorist plans; the recent rise of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fund
The New Apostolic Reformation is a movement dedicated to the restoration of the so-called fivefold gospel of Ephesians, Weaver explains, in which the roles of apostles and prophets in particular are r
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Theatrical producer Andre Charlot brought Parisian revue to Great Britain in 1912 and dominated his field for 25 years. He greatly influenced American musical theater with Charlot’s London Revue in Ne
This book describes the experiences of eight contemporary women farmers to illustrate how they struggle to survive and work to make the world better. It details the history of women's relationship
When organizational leaders reflect on who has most influenced their careers, they often name a humanistic consultant. The humanistic approach to working with people and organizations spans leadership
Ray Hill was a cook and machine gunner who survived the sinking of a PT boat by a kamikaze. German forces in the middle of the Siegfried defensive line captured Robert Corbin, a forward artillery obse
